Hermen Hulst, 2019.
Hermen Hulst is a Dutch video game producer and executive who serves as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) Studio Business Group since June 2024, and president and CEO of PlayStation Studios since November 2019. Prior to PlayStation Studios, Hulst was the managing director and studio head of Guerrilla Games, a first-party game development studio under SIE.
Hulst was a co-founder of Guerrilla Games, having been hired from the consulting firm Andersen Consulting in 2001. Under his leadership, Guerrilla was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2005, and the studio worked on numerous titles within the Killzone game series before pivoting to the Horizon franchise in 2017. In 2011, Hulst was made vice president of PlayStation Studios (then called Worldwide Studios) under Shuhei Yoshida, before succeeding Yoshida eight years later. Under Hulst's leadership, PlayStation Studios worked through the final years of the PlayStation 4 and the first half of the PlayStation 5's lifespan.
In June 2024, Hulst and fellow executive Hideaki Nishino were promoted as joint chief executive officers of SIE.
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Guerrilla Games[]
PlayStation Studios[]
Sony Interactive Entertainment Co-CEO[]
On May 14, 2024, Sony announced that Hulst and fellow company senior vice president Hideaki Nishino will succeed Jim Ryan as joint chief-executive officers of Sony Interactive Entertainment. In this new arrangement, Hulst will lead the company's Studio Business Group, which would focus on first-party video game development of PlayStation Studios, as well as expansion of intellectual property to other forms of media such television and film. The two began their new positions on June 1, 2024.[1]
Personal life[]
Gameography[]
| Game title | Release | Role | Additional notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killzone | 2004 | Managing director | n / a |
| Killzone: Liberation | 2006 | Managing director | n / a |
| Killzone 2 | 2009 | Managing director | n / a |
| LittleBigPlanet 2 | 2011 | Special thanks | n / a |
| Killzone 3 | 2011 | Managing director | n / a |
| PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | 2012 | Franchise - Killzone | n / a |
| Killzone: Mercenary | 2013 | Managing director (under Guerrilla Games) | n / a |
| Killzone Shadow Fall | 2013 | Managing director | n / a |
| Until Dawn | 2015 | Special thanks | n / a |
| Tearaway Unfolded | 2015 | Support | n / a |
| RIGS: Mechanized Combat League | 2016 | Managing director (under Guerrilla Games) | n / a |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2017 | Managing director | n / a |
| God of War | 2018 | Special thanks | n / a |
| Blood & Truth | 2019 | Managing director (under Guerrilla Games) | n / a |
| Death Stranding | 2019 | Managing director (under Guerrilla Games) | Final role at Guerrilla Games |
| Dreams | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Nioh 2 | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| MLB The Show 20 | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Predator: Hunting Grounds | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| The Last of Us Part II | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Iron Man VR | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Astro's Playroom | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Spider-Man: Miles Morales | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Demon's Souls | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Sackboy: A Big Adventure | 2020 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| Destruction AllStars | 2021 | Head of PlayStation Studios | As Worldwide Studios |
| MLB The Show 21 | 2021 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Returnal | 2021 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | 2021 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Death Stranding: Director's Cut | 2021 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection | 2022 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 2022 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Gran Turismo 7 | 2022 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| MLB The Show 22 | 2022 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| The Last of Us Part I | 2022 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| God of War Ragnarök | 2022 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Horizon Call of the Mountain | 2023 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| MLB The Show 23 | 2023 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores | 2023 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Firewall Ultra | 2023 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Spider-Man 2 | 2023 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| The Last of Us Part II: Remastered | 2024 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Helldivers 2 | 2024 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| MLB The Show 24 | 2024 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Rise of the Rōnin | 2024 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |
| Stellar Blade | 2024 | Head of PlayStation Studios | n / a |